'Doomsday mom' Lori Vallow's Arizona murder conspiracy trial: Wildest moments in court so far

So-called "Doomsday Mom" Lori Vallow Daybell, who is representing herself successful the execution conspiracy proceedings of her 4th husband, is shaking up the courtroom with fiery exchanges during testimony.

Prosecutors are accusing Vallow Daybell of conspiring with her precocious brother, Alex Cox, to execution her precocious husband, Charles Vallow, to payment from a $1 cardinal beingness security argumentation and wed different man, Chad Daybell, successful 2019. 

The Arizona proceedings comes astir 2 years aft Vallow Daybell and her existent husband, Chad Daybell, were convicted and sentenced to beingness successful situation for the 2019 murders of Vallow's 2 youngest children, 7-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, arsenic good arsenic the 2019 execution of Chad Daybell's archetypal wife, Tammy Daybell.

On Wednesday, the 2nd time of the trial, witnesser Nancy Jo Hancock — a pistillate who went connected a day with Charles Vallow successful July 2019 the nighttime earlier Vallow was changeable and killed — got into a heated speech with Vallow Daybell during cross-examination.

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Lori Vallow is connected proceedings successful Arizona successful transportation to her precocious husband's death. (Maricopa County)

In court, Vallow Daybell asked Hancock astir the date, and whether Hancock knew that she and Vallow were inactive joined astatine the time.

"Would you person gone retired connected a day with him if helium would person said helium was married?" Vallow Daybell asked.

"If I would person realized however joined helium inactive was, possibly not," Hancock replied. "But I conscionable met for dinner. I wasn't sleeping with him oregon anything."

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"Do you spell connected dates with joined men, naturally?" Vallow Daybell fired back, earlier the prosecution objected and called her question "argumentative and harassment."

Daybell Vallow continued to question Hancock, who fired backmost aft she continued to beryllium pressed connected the date.

"So you spent your full day getting to cognize each other, talking astir me?" Vallow Daybell asked.

"Don't flatter yourself," Hancock replied. "No, we did not walk the full clip talking astir you." 

"Don't flatter yourself."

The heated speech has taken the net by tempest with respective reactions being shared online. 

At a antithetic infinitesimal during her cross-examination of Hancock, Vallow Daybell again asked the witnesser if she was alert during her day with Charles Vallow that helium was "on dating websites and dating women."

The prosecution objected connected the premise of speculation, which the justice sustained. Vallow Daybell past reframed her question, asking if Charles Vallow informed Hancock astir the "situation of" Lori and Charles "being separated."

Lori Vallow Daybell stands and listens arsenic the jury's verdict is work astatine the Ada County Courthouse successful Boise, Idaho connected May 12, 2023. (Kyle Green)

"He was nether the content that you were having an affair, truthful him moving connected was a earthy progression of that," Hancock responded.

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Vallow Daybell past asked for much accusation astir Hancock's communications with Kay Woodcock, Charles Vallow's sister by adoption. JJ Vallow referred to Kay and her husband, Larry Woodcock, arsenic his grandparents. After asking Hancock to picture her communications with Woodcock, Vallow Daybell abruptly chopped the witnesser disconnected erstwhile she began discussing JJ Vallow.

"To explicit my condolences for her member passing distant and wanted to fto her cognize that I had had meal with him that past nighttime and however overmuch helium loved JJ and however excited helium was to spot him the adjacent greeting and conscionable — " Hancock started earlier Vallow Daybell interrupted.

"Thank you. That's enough," the suspect said.

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The adjacent bizarre speech came betwixt Vallow Daybell and her brother, Adam Cox, who told the assemblage that helium had flown to Phoenix close earlier Charles' death, claiming helium went to assistance Charles signifier an involution with his sister.

During the cross-examination, Vallow Daybell did not inquire galore questions, seemingly to beryllium that they had not interacted with each different successful years.

"Last clip I retrieve our communications was you and I were speaking successful the kitchen, erstwhile the household was over," Cox said.

"So you deliberation that was that clip successful 2018?" Vallow Daybell asked.

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Lori Vallow Daybell's booking photograph taken astatine the Pocatello Women’s Correctional Center successful Pocatello, Idaho. (Idaho Dept. of Corrections/Local News X /TMX)

"I deliberation so," Cox responded.

"And were we eating my greenish chile chickenhearted enchiladas?" she asked.

"And were we eating my greenish chile chickenhearted enchiladas?" 

"I bash not retrieve that," Cox replied.

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Vallow Daybell questioned him again astir not remembering that and said "that is what I made each clip determination was a household get-together, which was similar 10 times a year." 

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Vallow Daybell explained to True Crime Arizona that she had been "working connected her lawsuit for 5 years" and knows it "better than an lawyer tin larn it successful 2 years," aft making the determination to correspond herself. 

"Here's the thing, erstwhile you waive your speedy trial, past they tin support you present arsenic agelong arsenic you want," Vallow told True Crime Arizona. "There are intelligent, strong, beauteous women successful present that person been present for 8 years due to the fact that of household tragedies. It’s the same, similar my case, a household tragedy, not crime. A household tragedy, and they’re waiting, and they’re facing the decease punishment for a household tragedy."

Lori and Chad Daybell were convicted of sidesplitting 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old J.J. Vallow successful 2019. (Rexberg Police Department)

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At the clip of Charles Vallow's murder, his daughter, Tylee, confronted him with a shot bat aft proceeding screaming wrong the house. Charles reportedly took the bat from Tylee, who told constabulary she was trying to support her mother, and allegedly tried to onslaught Cox. Cox told investigators helium fired his weapon successful self-defense and was ne'er charged successful Charles' decease earlier helium died of earthy causes months later. 

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Vallow Daybell could look different beingness condemnation if convicted and is besides facing different Arizona proceedings successful May for an alleged crippled to termination her niece’s ex-husband aft a justice denied her question to disregard the case.

Fox News Digital's Julia Bonavita contributed to this report. 

Stepheny Price is simply a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, nationalist transgression cases, amerciable immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas tin beryllium sent to [email protected]